NYSE$SPOT

Spotify Technologies SA · Q4 2026 earnings

Q4 2026 earnings · · Before market open · Investor relations

Briefing

Spotify reported Q4 2026 with $4.53B revenue.

For the period ended 2026-03-31, Spotify reported $4.53B revenue. Total revenue €4.53B (+8% YoY, +14% CC). Operating income €715M (15.8% margin). MAUs 761M (+12%); Premium subscribers 293M. Q2 2026 guide: €4.8B revenue, 33.1% gross margin, €630M operating income.

  • Total revenue €4.53B (+8% YoY, +14% CC).
  • Operating income €715M (15.8% margin).
  • MAUs 761M (+12%); Premium subscribers 293M.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

€4.53B

No prior period
EPS (adj)

€6.71

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

€980M

No prior period
Net Income

€1.38B

No prior period
Operating Income

€715M

No prior period
Gross Profit

€1.76B

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Spotify · Revenue · Quarterly

€4.53B

Q4 2026
Beat estimate in 5 of 12 quarters(42%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Q2 2026 guide: €4.8B revenue, 33.1% gross margin, €630M operating income.

Tailwinds

  • User and revenue acceleration.
  • Record Q1 FCF €824M.
  • Buybacks and debt retirement.

Headwinds

  • Ad-supported revenue down 5% reported.
  • FX headwind on Q2 guide.
  • Social charges volatility.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2026

Historical avgQ4 2026

-0.8%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.2%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.7%

Avg return

30 days after

42%

14 / 33 earnings

Positive

+18.1%

Q4 2022

Best reaction

-21.5%

Q4 2021

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2026-12.4%-11.0%+4.0%
Q1 2026-12.3%-11.0%+4.0%
Q3 2025-2.1%-4.2%-12.9%
Q2 2025-11.5%-10.5%-1.9%
Q1 2025-3.5%+7.7%+6.5%
Q4 2024+13.2%+13.5%-1.0%
Q3 2024+13.9%+11.7%+17.0%
Q2 2024+13.9%+8.9%+15.8%
Q1 2024+3.3%+6.4%+10.4%
Q4 2023+7.9%+7.8%+21.1%
Q3 2023+4.7%+3.1%+17.2%
Q2 2023-8.9%-9.2%-17.1%
Q1 2023+1.3%+1.6%+12.3%
Q4 2022+18.1%+21.2%+18.5%
Q3 2022-10.8%-11.9%-17.3%
Q2 2022+10.2%+10.9%+5.1%
Q1 2022-7.0%-1.4%+2.3%
Q4 2021-21.5%-15.8%-33.6%
Q3 2021+14.6%+19.3%-0.5%
Q2 2021-4.9%-3.6%-4.6%
Q1 2021-10.5%-15.4%-17.5%
Q4 2020-8.8%-6.2%-20.3%
Q3 2020-13.1%-14.3%+0.5%
Q2 2020-2.0%-4.8%+4.6%
Q1 2020+8.4%+4.0%+29.4%
Q4 2019+0.0%-3.9%-5.9%
Q3 2019+12.7%+21.7%+18.4%
Q2 2019+0.3%-3.4%-13.0%
Q1 2019-1.8%-1.5%-9.1%
Q4 2018-5.9%-1.1%+0.6%
Q3 2018-7.1%-4.7%-8.9%
Q2 2018-0.9%-2.7%+2.3%
Q1 2018-2.7%-9.0%-3.4%
Q4 2017
Q3 2017
Q2 2017
Q1 2017
Q4 2016
Q3 2016
Q2 2016
Q1 2016

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